Almagro beats Kamke to reach Hamburg 3rd round

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Third-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain advanced to the third round of the German Championships by defeating Tobias Kamke of Germany, 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday.

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Federico Delbonis from Argentina serves the ball during the first round match against Julian Reister from Germany at the ATP tournament in Hamburg, Germany, Tuesday July 16, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa,Axel Heimken)

Federico Delbonis from Argentina serves the ball during the first round match against Julian Reister from Germany at the ATP tournament in Hamburg, Germany, Tuesday July 16, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa,Axel Heimken)

German tennis player Julian Reister serves the ball during the first round match against Frederico Delbonis from Argentina at the ATP tennis tournament in Hamburg, Germany,Tuesday July 16, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa,Axel Heimken)

Ninth-seeded Benoit Paire of France also advanced to the third round by beating Albert Montanes of Spain 6-1, 6-4.

Gael Monfils beat 2010 Hamburg champion Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-3 to make the second round of the clay-court tournament. Golubev had to qualify for this year's event.

Among other first-round winners were Federico Delbonis of Argentina, Robin Haase of the Netherlands, Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia, Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany and three Spaniards — Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Albert Ramos and Marcel Granollers.